raspberry pi
Better Than Polaroid? Swedish Student 3D Prints a Raspberry Pi Thermal Instant Camera
I remember when I was a child, my grandfather had a Polaroid camera. For some reason it fascinated me to no end that he could take a photo, and within…
He Walks, Talks, Follows: DIY 3D Printed Home Robot, Complete with Drink & Plate Holder, Hits Indiegogo
While robotics has been one of the technologies ‘of the future’ ever since I can remember, the field is finally coming into its own led by demands in manufacturing, along…
3D Print This Case For Your Raspberry Pi 2
It was originally conceived back in 2006 as a tiny – and very affordable – computer for kids. When Eben Upton, Rob Mullins, Jack Lang and Alan Mycroft took on…
BBC’s Micro Bits Computer For Kids, Featuring 3D Printable Cover, Given to 1 Million UK Students
While many are quick to jump on the bandwagon against giving children access to technology despite their obvious wishes to grab on to as much of it as possible, that’s…
Naturebytes’ 3D Printable Stealth Cam for Wildlife Enthusiasts & Citizen Scientists Launches on Kickstarter
Stephen Mowat, Alasdair Davies, and Jon Fidler are the team behind the Naturebytes project, a Raspberry Pi-powered wildlife camera they hope will help inspire a community of digital makers monitor…
Adafruit Creates Small but Powerful 3D Printed Raspberry Pi-based Home Computer
Buying a computer used to be something you had to plan and save money for, at least if you wanted one that would last for a while and have the…
3D Printed Pi-Booth Lets Employees Capture Better Photo ID Likenesses
Even the more photogenic people among us would surely concur that, when it comes to the mini-portraits that grace various forms of personal identification, they’ve definitely looked better. For most…
3D Printing Helps in Creation of Eye-Movement Controlled Wheelchair For The Paralyzed
Almost three years ago my mother passed away after over a twenty five year long battle with Multiple Sclerosis — a disease that left her mostly paralyzed. Although paralyzed in two legs…
A 3D Printed V-Tail Quadcopter with Functionality and Flair
With 24 days still to go, maker and multi-rotor copter fanatic Ken Konrad has already earned nearly 50% of the funding he requested for the creation of his 525 V-Tail…
3D Printed Robot, Roby, Hits Kickstarter to Teach Programming & Robotics to Kids
John Villwock and Mikhail Stolpner met at Cornell University, and while they were there, the pair say their introduction to the cutting edge of research and development got them excited…
MakerBot Turns Its Talents to Making Fixtures for Its Workplace
They always say that a contractor’s house is never repaired and a cobbler’s kids have holes in their shoes. MakerBot has taken a step to make sure that 3D printer…
3D Printed Pocket PiGRRL Brings 8-Bit Gaming to a Smaller Scale
The Nintendo Game Boy was a handheld video game device that exploded onto the market in 1989 (selling out of its initial shipment of one million devices to the US…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — May 16, 2015
This week’s stories we didn’t cover include several about filament, the stuff that printed things are made of. Lenovo has announced a $3 million investment in Polymaker for filament development, an…
Finnish Maker Designs 3D Printed Internet Radio
Miska Karvonen is one of those makers who would be happiest just making and tinkering for a living. In a sense, he’s already doing that very thing. He regularly posts projects…
3D Print Your Own Tabletop Retro Arcade Cabinet
In this age of X-Stations and Play-Boxes, video games have become a decidedly solitary pastime. And while that seems like it’s how it has always been, back in the ’70s…
15-Year-Old 3D Prints Incredible Robot Capable of Picking Up and Moving Objects on Demand
Over the past year or so, we have covered stories involving the 3D printing of dozens of different robots. Robotics and 3D printing seem to go together like peanut butter…
3D Print Your Own Functioning Retro MiniNES for Less than $50
The love for gaming is quite simply, ceaseless, and — most definitely — timeless. It doesn’t matter how many years or decades go by. If you can still find kids entranced by…
This 3D Printed Smartphone Lets You Call, Text, & Share Photos
I had a conversation, or um er, debate, not too long ago with a fairly technologically savvy friend of mine who simply does not like change. This individual enjoys new electronics…
Lithuanian Programmer 3D Prints Robotic Tank Replica from Sci-Fi Movie ‘Ghost in the Shell’
While 3D printing is a futuristic technology that’s mind-blowing all on its own, just as it stands today, it is fueled by a community that is inspired and moving at…
3D Printed Weather Stations Will Save Lives in Developing Countries
USAID’s Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have partnered since 1997 to assist developing countries in predicting and preparing for extreme…
3D Printed Musical SpotiBear Toy Entertains Kids, Controlled by Your Spotify App
Often it’s the relaxing little side project that wasn’t meant to be anything other than an experimental one-off that turns into quite the surprising hit. That would be the case…
PiBook — A Wirelessly Powered/Charged Open Source 3D Printed Computer – Powered by Raspberry Pi 2
Recently, we did a story on an engineer who had 3D printed a wirelessly powered Tesla desk lamp. Created by David Choi, it was able to be powered without any wires…
Raspberry Pi & “Adventure Time” Come Together in Maker’s Version of Game Console Character, BMO
What do you get when you combine a Raspberry Pi with “Adventure Time”? Nope. The answer to our query is definitely not, “A mess that probably won’t clean up very…
Expand Your NUC’s Capabilities with Intel’s 3D Printable Lids
If you are a fan of smaller-scale computing, then you probably already know about the Intel NUC (Next Unit of Computing). It’s a customizable micro-sized (4.53″ x 4.37″ x 1.92″)…
